Product Details

• Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Viva
• Directors: Bill L. Norton
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C20VSM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,892 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Cisco Pike" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Just released from prison for drug-dealing, Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) dreams of making a comeback. A once-famous rock singer, he finds his music contacts are more interested in his dope connections than his new songs. Pike's plans to go straight, however, go somewhat awry when he's blackmailed by a crooked narc (Gene Hackman) into selling $10,000 worth of stolen marijuana. Forced back into a business he thought he was out of, Pike drops in on friends, groupies and musicians as he tries to move a 100 kilo stash in just 53 hours. Co-starring Karen Black, Harry Dean Stanton, Doug Sahm, Joy Bang and Warhol superstar Viva!, Cisco Pike is a revealing look at the LA music scene of the early '70s, off-beat, unique and "surprisingly good." (Leonard Maltin).

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In praise of old hippie movies, February 16, 2006

By	Ed Kaz "Ed Kaz" (Shell Pile, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

Nothin' in the world better than an old hippie movie, and I just got finished watching one: Cisco Pike.

Faded rock star Cisco (Kris Kristofferson) promised his girlfriend (Karen Black) that he's all done dealing pot. If he gets convicted a third time he'll get five years. Enter the crooked narc, Sergeant Leo Holland, played by that loveable bastard Gene Hackman. He's got a truckload of high quality weed that he's forcing Cisco to sell in 48 hours or he's gonna bust him again.

Then the fun begins. Along the way we meet Doug Sahm who plays an extremely wired Tex-Mex singer (what a stretch) and the perma-weird Harry Dean Stanton as Cisco's ex-bandmate, not to mention a couple of the flakiest hippie chicks you're likely to meet in Venice California, circa 1972. I learned a few important facts from this film. For example: You can tell an undercover narc by looking at his socks (they're always white). Also, if you get pulled over by a cop, eat the pot! If he asks you what you're chewing, say gum!

I enjoyed the heck out of this movie. It was Kristofferson's first, and he displayed an effortless manner of acting, sort of the way his whole life has been: effortless. And I gotta tell ya, ol' Kris was one sexy dude back then, wasn't he girls? I wish I had that squint, that swagger, that rail-thin frame, that tousled hair, that growl of a voice, those cowboy boots...Damn, I just wish I wrote some of those songs!

After listening to some of his early music and seeing this movie I've come to the conclusion that Kris Kristofferson is a national treasure. Let's ring him up and tell him before it's too late.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kris Kristofferson=Cisco Pike, March 14, 2007

By	Dustin Blythe ""America may not be a perf... (Mishawaka, In USA) - See all my reviews

When it comes to playing Cisco Pike, there is virtually no acting required for Kris Kristofferson. Pike is a down on his luck musician who is coming off of a pot bust and is looking for a way back into the music business. Gene Hackman is Holland, a seemingly straight laced LAPD cop who blackmails Pike into getting back into the pot dealing business. The film focuses on Pike working his old contacts to try to move 100 kilos of pot within 59 hours (kind of a take on "Gone in 60 Seconds"). During this weekend Pike is forced to lie to his live in girlfriend (Karen Black) about his reasons for getting back into dealing and he is reunited with his old singing partner Jesse (Harry Dean Stanton), who is by now a hopeless heroin addict.

"Cisco Pike" is a good movie with a solid cast. Kristofferson is highly believable playing a variation of himself, even singing some of his own songs in the movie. (For those interested in the music, check out "The Silver Tongued Devil and I by Kristofferson, as close to a soundtrack to this movie as you will find and a very good album on it's own merits). Gene Hackman plays a quirky role in the middle of his most successful period as an actor (Bonnie and Clyde, French Connection, The Conversation and the Poseidon Adventure). Karen Black is Kristofferson's beautiful, earthy girlfriend and Viva appears as a variation on the part she played in almost every movie, an offbeat woman seemingly in a world of her own. Viva always had the ability to make her dialogue seem ad-libbed, whether it was or not. Finally, Harry Dean Stanton puts in another great character performance and would soon appear with Kristofferson in another role seemingly modeled after Kris' own career and persona, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid". Also look for Alan Arbus playing an unsympathetic character (the manager) before his very sympathetic turn as Dr. Sydney Friedman on "MASH".

"Cisco Pike" is dark and downbeat, but enjoyable as an honest portrayal of a man, trying to straighten out his life, who is forced into a bad situation and finally loses all that he cares for. I highly recommend this to Kris Kristofferson fans and those who enjoy the look and feel of early 70's cinema.

5.0 out of 5 stars Long overlooked classic, January 16, 2007

By	Darwin C. Green (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I first discovered this film through an interview with Robert Towne at the Los Angeles Film Festival several years ago. I decided to give it a watch and afterwards wondered why this film has been overlooked throughout the years. It is classic 1970s cinema. With a cast that includes Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Karen Black, Kris Kristofferson it really should have been more popular. Shows how important the distribution process can be in affecting a film's place in history.

All this to say that this film should be more recognized than it is and is worth owning on DVD next to all the other classic 1970s films.